The Comparison
Three Foods, One Method
The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.
Hill’s Prescription Diet Derm Defense Environmental Sensitivities Chicken Flavor is missing protein, dry matter and carbohydrate load, so it is judged on fewer measures than the others here.
Open Your Saved Comparison- 01 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove
- 02 Hill's>Prescription Diet Hill’s Prescription Diet Derm Defense Environmental Sensitivities Chicken Flavor Swap Remove
- 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice Swap Remove
| 01 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove | 02 Hill's>Prescription Diet Hill’s Prescription Diet Derm Defense Environmental Sensitivities Chicken Flavor Swap Remove | 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice Swap Remove | + Add A Food | |
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| 01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. | 01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7% | 02 Hill’s Prescription Diet Derm Defense Environmental Sensitivities Chicken Flavor -- Not enough data on file. | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 22.2% Best in this row | |
| 02 Carbohydrate Load, Dry Matter Lower Is Better Estimated, 6% ash assumed. Estimated, not measured. It is what is left of the guaranteed analysis once protein, fat, fiber and moisture are taken out, with ash assumed at 6%. That leftover is mostly starch but also carries sugars and the fiber a crude-fiber test misses, so read it as a close estimate rather than an exact figure. Measured as fed, the same basis as the bag. | 01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 54% 49.0% as fed | 02 Hill’s Prescription Diet Derm Defense Environmental Sensitivities Chicken Flavor -- Needs protein, fat, fiber and moisture. | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 53% 47.5% as fed Best in this row | |
| 03 Named Proteins In The First Five Count of named animal proteins. The count matches any named animal word in the opening five ingredients, so it also counts animal fats and flavourings as proteins. It is shown because it is one of the five measured lines, but it is too rough to call a winner on. | 01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 1 of 5 | 02 Hill’s Prescription Diet Derm Defense Environmental Sensitivities Chicken Flavor 1 of 5 | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 1 of 5 | |
| 04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. | 01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice None | 02 Hill’s Prescription Diet Derm Defense Environmental Sensitivities Chicken Flavor None | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice None | |
| 05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. | 01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice None | 02 Hill’s Prescription Diet Derm Defense Environmental Sensitivities Chicken Flavor None | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice None | |
| Starch, As Fed Estimated, not measured. It is what is left of the guaranteed analysis once protein, fat, fiber and moisture are taken out, with ash assumed at 6%. That leftover is mostly starch but also carries sugars and the fiber a crude-fiber test misses, so read it as a close estimate rather than an exact figure. Measured as fed, the same basis as the bag. | 01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 49.0% | 02 Hill’s Prescription Diet Derm Defense Environmental Sensitivities Chicken Flavor -- | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 47.5% | |
| Kcal / Cup | 01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 391 | 02 Hill’s Prescription Diet Derm Defense Environmental Sensitivities Chicken Flavor 344 | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 371 | |
| Measures On File | 01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 5 of 5 | 02 Hill’s Prescription Diet Derm Defense Environmental Sensitivities Chicken Flavor 3 of 5 | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice 5 of 5 | |
| First Five Ingredients | 01 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Lamb Meal, Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Sorghum, Whole Grain Wheat | 02 Hill’s Prescription Diet Derm Defense Environmental Sensitivities Chicken Flavor Brewers Rice, Chicken Meal, Whole Grain Sorghum, Cracked Pearled Barley, Pea Protein | 03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Chicken Meal & Rice Chicken Meal, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Wheat, Soybean Meal, Whole Grain Sorghum |
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- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 7+ Chicken Meal, Barley & Rice 17.2% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Small Bites Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult 1-6 Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7% protein Add
- Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Light with Chicken Meal & Barley 22.3% protein Add
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Every figure here is the food's own. Protein and carbohydrate are converted to dry matter so foods of different moisture can be set beside each other; starch is estimated from the guaranteed analysis with ash assumed at 6.0%, and the recall record belongs to the manufacturer rather than to the recipe. Two rows are printed but never marked: the named-protein count, because the detection behind it is too rough to call a winner on, and calories, because neither more nor fewer is better without knowing the dog.
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